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Tight Five Rugby @TightFive_Rugby · 4m [emoji3515] [emoji1181] TRANSFER NEWS: RugbyPass are reporting that Ulster are looking at signing ex All Black Aaron Cruden next year. The 35-year-old fly-half has not played since September 2022 & is currently without a club. Cruden would replace Billy Bu...

I'm finding myself bemused by the narrative that seems to have settled around Ulster / IRFU - namely that the duffers running Ulster have totally screwed up, the wheels have come off and we need the enlightened adults from D4 to step in and rescue the situation. Recall that HQ keeps the provinces on...

I think the appointment of Hugh (all I've heard about Hugh is that he's a sound guy, so I say this with no disrespect to him), even though its in a caretaker capacity, is quite revealing. It is of a piece with the previous hires, none of whom had any notable commercial experience (even Logan only ha...

There was talk of Murphy being offered a Leinster academy contract, but if he’s coming up here that’s quite a coup.. he’s very small but his composure and kicking were exceptional for the 20s, in fact I would say his overall kicking game was as good as I’ve seen at 20s level for Ireland for the last...

Word on the Leinster forum that u20 centres Sam Berman and Wilhelm de Klerk have been offered Ulster academy contracts. 2 quality players but likely means Ellerby won’t be in I think de Klerk played 10 at school, and was drafted in to 13 due to injuries for the 20s, so the intention may be to devel...

(Admittedly an interim CEO but still, lol)

So we have an organisation whose biggest challenge is commercial under-performance and we decide the ideal appointment as CEO is… a civil servant! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji2357][emoji2357][emoji2357][emoji2357][emoji2357] If ever anything perfectly summed up NI, and indeed the IRFU,...

Good thing, no harm to him - couple of hundred k right there off the cost budget for next year, that doesn’t have to come out of the player cost budget..

Werner Kok to Ulster confirmed I hope I’m proved wrong about this but a very meh signing, half decent player but nothing special, gets attention disproportionately because of his wacky hair imo Actually I’m doing a bit of a 180 on this.. graceless way to welcome any new player to Ulster - but also ...

DodgyEverything wrote:Werner Kok to Ulster confirmed

I hope I’m proved wrong about this but a very meh signing, half decent player but nothing special, gets attention disproportionately because of his wacky hair imo

kingofthehill wrote:Ewers has been a terrible signing.


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Dreadful

Cockatrice wrote:And yet UR buy up residential properties for 1/2m and leave empty [emoji848]

This is certainly a strange one and I have no idea what the plan is there

Good post by Columbo. Yet accounts highlight a developing more & more weak financial situation over the last few years. Suggests poor financial management. IRFU will bail them out, of course, but at a price which seems to be more aimed at cutting direct costs (squad) rather than administrative ...

They’ve doubled down on that online. Can’t find the tournament rules - could be a head to head element or something? No it is points difference, then tries scored. They were wrong and are just burying their heads in the sand. England +59 v Ireland +41 PD, Ireland 18 tries v England 17. Ireland Scot...

I switched off when Ireland knocked on in injury time, assuming that they had lost and it wasn’t until about ten mins later scrolling through Twitter that k realised he went back for the pen! Tbh I was expecting an England win, but the scrum held up surprisingly well, and our skills and attacking pl...